Why can't I install the library - command 'cl.exe' failed?

Question

Python

I have Windows 7.
I can't install the library in Python. Easy_install and pip give error:
setup script exited with error: command 'cl.exe' failed: No such file or directory.
What can be done about it?

Answer 1

Google #1: "what is cl.exe" gives "cl.exe is a tool that controls the Microsoft C and C++ compilers" on the first line.
Request to Google #2: "where i can get cl.exe" gives on the first page a link to a topic on one of the forums "Please tell me where you can download the compiler" and in the same topic a link where you need to poke to put this compiler.
Price: 10 min. googling + installation time.
UPD:
After installing the compiler, you need to run cl.exe from cmd.exe. In response, the cl.exe tool should output something to the console. If it turns out that cl.exe is not recognized, then it will be necessary to fake it so that the path to the compiler utility set is written in the PATH variable

Answer 2

cl.exe - компилятор от VS. следовательно установить VS, думаю поможет